Block-printing machine.



W. H. WALDBON. muck Mmmm?lvl/mmm;

APPLICATION NLE!) APR. 65 |918`l lemma Deo.` 25.1917. y

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w. n. wALoN.v BLOCK Pmnme MACHINE. y 4APPLIcAnon min Arn.6.191s.` 4

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

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W. ll. WALDRON. BLOCK PRINTING MACHINE.

Mrucmou mso APR. s. 191s.

Patented Dec. 25,1917.

12 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

Il Il w. H. `wIInDRoN.

BLOCK PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. |916.

Y Patented Dec. 25, 1917 I2 SHEETS-SHEET 5- 'f I' I `.W. H. WALDRON.

BLOCK PRINTING MACHINE. J.

W. HJWALDRON. LocN PRINTING MACHINE.

y f APPLICATION FILED APR- 5.1916. /1251144' 1 ,Y

Patented De@ 25, 1917.

12 SHEETS-SHEET T N NNMNNNWIINNN N w. H.rwALDaoN. BLOCK PMNTINGMACHINE.' APPLWATION FILED APR. 6.1916. 1,251,144. l 1 rammed Dee.25.1917y 12 SHEETS-SHEET 9.y

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w. H. wALnRoN. BLOCK PRINTING MACHINE APPLICATION msn frwms. |9716.Patented Decf25. 19,17.

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BLOCK PRINTING MACHINE.

APPucnTlou msu APR. s. me.

Bamm De.`25,`1917.

y @#Zfm W. H. WALDRON.

LocK PRINTING MACHINE;

APPLICATION FILED APILG. |916.

l2 SHEETS-SHEET l2.

Patented 115125.12117.

unirme- STATES Viaifjriiiiatr caricia.

'winmx-H. WALDnoN, or NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.

i :BLOCK-PRINTING MACHINE.

. To ali whom it may concern: l"

Be it known that 1,-WILLiAMiH. WAL- DRON, a citizen .of the UnitedStates, and a resident'of New Brunswick, county .oMidf dlesek, State.of. New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements, in' Block-' PrintingV Machines, `of which tliefolloivingis'a speci-l fication.'

My invention relates to' certain improve-J ments "in ,block printingmachines lof the typeillusti'ated in the patent granted to me on thesi'xtli'day of July, 1915, No, 11,145,821.

A My 'present-invention relates t certain i improvemerits'zin" l,thedetails of construction work can be 'accomplished:thanvvith'thema ne'Oblielct of inyinv'ntion is `to arrange the mecha isrnso thataccess-maybe had to chgiecf theabovementienedpatent.

'the parts at each sidcof .the machine.' AAnother object of the'invention is'to lo cate the selector rods so that they will' not y otherparte ofV thel apparatus. u A still f'rt'h he injured ar'id'will` not"interferev the y r obiect oftheinven'ti'on is to .fprovid'emeanslwherebyjeach latchf` ffor a hlock'carrier islcontrolled bv'ajcam.l

I mvthem to"`reciprocate quickly without undueA splashing; 'i

Still anothersbbject' of the invention `isy 4to 'provide accuratemechanism for reciprocating the main on inkng 'troughs so as t'ol al-These objects Ifattainvin the following manner, reference'being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which: Figu ell-isa side viewof, the lfeedend of a block' rinting machine;

Fig. 1L isla sideview of the delivery end "of ahlock printing machineillustrating my inrentionf;

Fig. 2 isa-transverse sectional view on the lineI 242, Fig: 1;`

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on 1h(- line 3 3, Fig. 1";

` Fig. 4. is; a view of the rear end 0f the ,inachine;

V1views showing the arrangement of intofsectilons toy form rugs;

. i A a Specication ot Letters Patent. Patented Dec.'25, 1917lapplication inea April s, 191e'. serial No, 89,491.

`lll'le Se'.- lectin'g rods; r l Fig. 9 is a detached perspective Viewenlargedv sectional elevation through the machine at one of thecarriers;

' rig-i4 is a seaman newy uit ine Showing the action of the latchoperating rods; i I 60 .F ig. 10 is a longitudinal sectional View. onthe line A10-10, Fig. 4;'y i

Fig'. 11 lis sectional vievv of one pf the cam Shafts with thc camsthereon Fig. l1a is a sectional view on the line 65 sitopV'i-nechaiiism'used in feeding 'the material throughthe machine; and.

F ig. 16 is a diagrammatic plan vievvLilluS-4 '.trating a` rug printedon the machine.

especially adapted for use in`printing` rug designs o n a suitably,prepared materia.

The designs,'afterl being printed, are;c1,1t"^

Before beginning the description of the in stood that the material isfed intermittently 85.. vvention in detail', I -would rhaveit--underthrough the machine by. ,suitable endless bands, in the presentinstance, which engage the material and move it a given distanceintermittently. There is 'a seriesof printing blocks mounted onindependent vertically re-V ciprocating block carriers which, in thepres ent instance, are actuated by cams and these cams are so formed andthemcch'anism is s0 geared that, when the material is at rest, the blockcarriers make a vertical reciprocating movement and deposit.r on thesurface of the material, the pigment in a suitable design. The printingblocks. when they are moved Y to the elevated position,` are suppliedwith the pi gmcnt hy reciprocating reservoirs which under ihc blocks,the roller' in the reservoir coming in Contact with the printi n gsurface oi the blocks. The aliovc description is-;.that of the ordlnaryvhorizontal lrlock printing machine, but, in the ordinary machine. theblocks all have a movement to and from the material after cachintermittent movement of the material,

and, consequently, only repeats can be printed. One block merely placesanother color on the same space upon which the previous block placedlits color.

By my improvements set forth in the above mentioned`Letters Patent, lprovide vmeans whereby some of, the blocks can be automatically h'cldout of action while certain portions ofy the' material vare passingthereunder so that the blocks do not .make

- an impression on a particular portion of the Lmaterial. Therefore,bordered rug designs can be printed on' the machine as the blocksmovement' o f [thei'naterial.

'havin p y out o action' while that portion of themathe end bord'erthereon can be held terial having the `body design thereon ispassing'underthe' block.

A machine toaccoinplisli' this purposenecessarily takes agreat'nianymore blocks or' printing.` units -than a machine in which the design isduplicated at each intermittent Therefore, a rug design consisting ofseveral colors reuires a large number of printing units-and itieyfpresent machine is adapted for printing large rugs and-these rugslmay be printed linfeiglit different colors,K if'desired. v Z A machine`offtliis4 ty )e is naturally of- Y great lenth and'yprefera ly ofconsiderable as each section, as well as each dey sign;iiiiust-smatcli.rthe machine must' be"ac' '-"cl'lratelyaiiade andthe parts so designedthat tlifegprinted desigiivillbe substantially continuons and unbroken.n f

My present. invention relates to the construction of these partssothatiiccuracyfis y a airedtand quick `attaclinent 'can ybe attained.

1 .lii`1t`igsand 1". Ihave. sliown two ends of the machine andthe: firstand. last printf v ing block carrier` asv the intervening block carriersare simply duplicatesof these. In

the )resent iiiacliii'ieftliere are tweiity-four of tese carriers andeach carrier has its own reciprocating 'iiieclianisin.. There is indepeiideiitlocking mechanism foreach cai'- i'ier 5o thattlie carrierscan be locked out ot' action automatically. f

Referring to the drawings. 1. 1 arc the two longitudinal side 'frames ofthe. i'iiachiiic having upper lic-.uns 2 and lower beams 7-l.- Thesebeams arespaced apart b v standards l. is a centr-.il longitudinal framewhich icon net-ted to the side framesby lower iransvcisc 'Y'. beamsandupper transverse beams- T.- 'l`hc 'frame thus formed is mounted onilanged 'frhceis adapted to bearings iii the transverse beams 6 andtravels' on rails il so that" the entire-ltriictnre eiiii he shit'tcdlatcrallv. lhc object of' this construction is to allo-w the machina I olie movi-l iii front of the. dillcicnt sections of a drying room. as itwill la',` understood that aller the sections of fabric have beenprint-.zd they aril iniinediately etait-iwal into a co2 iiailniciit in aits original .'iiit'l 2l. 'llierc is one ot' these. cam shafts.- forcach drying chamber vand when one drying chamber is filled the machineis moved laterally so that it will be moved in line with another dryingchamber, and so on, until the entire drying room is filled withmaterial. lhen the material is dried it is removed from the drying room,starting with the first secti'on, so that the machine can be returned toposition and the operation repeated. f A

Supported on the upper transverse beams 7 is the platen or table T overwhich the inaterialtravels and which supports the ina terial while it isbeing printed. This platen is made up of heavy sections directly undertheprinting block and light connectingr sections.: Uprights 10 aresecured to tlife 'side frames and these uprights are spaced a givendistance apart and cariv overhead rails 11` formed of angle beams andmountedon these rails is the traveling overhead crane 1'2ha,v

ynig chaindrniiis 13. The chains l-tof these drums are arranged toengage the'block carf -riers or the paint reservoirs when itfis desiredto reinovetliem `trronrtlie machine.

This lcrane 12 can he lnovcd either `fby hand vor'by power withoutdeparting fromrthe ea-` Sential featuresofftlie inventiorn y i "VI willfirst describe `the.A priiitingbliwk carriers. Secured-.tothe upperY l)4v sideframe ofthe, in'achiiieai' Vli ac kets 15 in which the yverticalmember `lilot the block carriers 16 aremmoiinted.v "These verticalmeinliers' are connected by :trans verse members 1S which 'consist of'twQbeams` in the present instance. spaced,` aifiartfand soV of cachdesignedas tomliold the printing blocks 1S),y

in thedrawings."'flhe means ofysecuring the blocks tothe transversebeiiins'may be modified without departing l from, the jessen- 4tialfeatures 0f the invention. Y c a i In 4the present.A instance,z'tlicseblocks are .about a foot and a lialf wide and about nine V feet long sothat .a rug inne feet wide can be'printed on the? machine.v The rug maylie inade of any length desired. The mechanisiii for ii'iterinittentlymoving the mate-rial through the machine is so designed that thei'noveinent will be one foot and a half exact-ly. or a distance equal tothe width of the block so that. when one block -after another maltesaiiimpression. the several im press-ions will accurately nia'tcli.

2U is a longitudinal shaft extending subslanrlially the t'nll length otthe machine 2l are the transverse cam shafts.

"fwliieli arc clamped thereto. as' shown clearly carrier lli. "lliocani` are mounted onl cach cnil oi" thc shai'i and each cani bearsl upona roller Ql carried by a`pin projecting troni the vert-ical members -17and the cani has an elevated portion '4 which lifts the cai to itscftti'cnir' position so that the. inliisg or paint .listrbntingmechanism litt res

can be passed under the printing blocks when the carrier is out ofaction.

25 is a. blck projecting from each side o'f the carrier and arranged toengage the blocks are latches 26 mounted on 'a shaft 27 'extendingacross the machine, see Fig.` 3, and on each shaft is an arin 2,8'having a finger arranged to be en aged by a sleeve .29 secured to a 30.here is a series of these rods, inthe presentinstance, one for eachfprinting block carrier, and by arrangthe sleeves 29 ,on the rods anyparticular r Acan aetuate any particular arm 28 of a* shaft y2i'. `Therods 30are mounted in bear. ings'Bl arranged at intervals throughout]the length of the machinevso as to prevent them from sagging. At onelend of eac h rod 30 issecured' a plunger 32 'adapted to slide in abearing 33 secured to the rear end of the machine and a, key reventsVthis plunger from turning inthe caring. The plunger is of greaterfdiameterthan'the rod andforms a shonlcer 3,4.against which bears an arm35 of t e lever36,' which is pivted at 37. The lever isi` forkedand-.extends onY each side of the e' Iffia'me'as clearly sliovv'n'infVFigs. 9` and 10. l The levers arelairan ed side by side, as'

'showin inv Fig.` 4, and t e` rod 37 is mounted "invbearings 1n the sideframesof the ma chine.' 38 is a cam shaft detachably mountedinbearirigs39 on brackets 40 secured to "tliefside frames'of the machine,see Figs. 4 "and 5; The caps of the bearings are pivoted Iandlsecure'dbyswivel bolts'so that they can lswun clea'r'of the camshaft toallow it to vbe vodilyplaced in the bearings or re-` -movederefrom. "The cam shaft 38 is madeas clearly shown 4|' in` Fig. 11,being arranged so that it will be i bodily removed from its bearings inthe machine, as it willbe understood that thereis a. `series oftheseshafts having' cams thereon for rugs of different sizes and for rugsdiffering in the number ofm colors. Each cam shaft is enlarged, as at38", and is preferably made' tubular, as shown. The vcams 41 are in theform of rings withhubs 41 thereon and are rrioljnted on the enla`rgedportion yof the shaft and are secured 4thereto by a key in the presentinstance. The end cams have set screws which retain 'theE camslongitudinallv on the shaft. Near each end of the shaft 38 is a collar38 whichfrests against the inner side ofth'e bearing and holds the shaftin theproper alinement with the le'- vers which they actuate.

By the above construction, the time necessary to change the machine toprint rugs of different sizes is materially reduced. )n the shaft 38 areAtvventyfour cams 41, in the present instance, and there are alsotwenty-four levers 36 and twentyfour rods.-y but it will be understoodthat the number of cams and of levers and rods is the same.

In this machine twenty-four cams are used as there aretwenty-fourfprinting hlockcarriers. ln other machines, however, theremay be a fewer'number of cams, or a' greater lnumber. T

' At the end of each rod opposite from the "levers are springs 42 whichtend to hold the plunger-s 32 against the arms 35'of .theflevers and tohold' the latches 26 in'engagenient with the block 25. The camsreleasethe 75 latches which fall` by their own wei ht clear of theblocks, but`v the moment t e high .points ofr the'f cams pass thele'v'er 36 the springs`42 force the latches'26 forward so t at when theblock, in itsupward movement,` passes the end of the latch i't is'projectd underthel block so that as the 'carrier again descends* itwill be stopped by the latch and will be held clear of the inkingmechanism andthe surface to beprinted. 35 In the present instance, eachof the levers 36 has a friction rollerI 43'whiehibears .against itsparticularcam. `'lfhe bearings 39- for the 'cam shaft 38arejadjustahlymounted on the` bracket so as to bemovedto and fromtlie .-levers 36. Inthe present instance, mounted. in each bearingisa screvvshafgM'havinga.'

beveled pinion 45` at its ou l rl end which `meshes with a beveledini'on546 onfash'aft 47 provided with a han le 48 b` `Wliichit can 95beturned so 'than-pon turning `t e' handle, the 'bearings can be movedto and from the fric tionr'rollers 43 of` the: lever 35.` On theend ofthe cam shaft 38 is a ar wheel 49 which meshes .with an vinterme iate.gear o'ealried by `a segment 5l and is ldrivenqby` a pinion 520m a shaft53. VThefsegment A51has a' series of holes t'o which yis adapted a pinl54' so that when` the shaft 3,9,fwi`th gears of dilferent (diameters,is placed inl the machine, the segment 51 can be shifted so' as-to allowits 'gear-'wheel 50 to'mesh withthe gear wheel 49. The shaft 53 basasprocket wheel 55 arouxlwhieh passes a drive chain .56 from a sprocetwheel 51g onfthe shaft 58 g which drives the feeding mechanism for thefabric.'

The dia meter'of the wheel 49 is proportionate to the length of the ruto be printed and is changed foil each lengtli. The pinion 52 is rotatedone full revolution at each intermittent movement of the material andthis'movement is18 inches` in the present instancefand the pinion 52" isso proportioned. 'Il'ivegear wheel 49 is a` multiple of this` and equalsthe length of one rug so that each Cam with a single highfspot wi'll acltnate its catch once in each lengtl'l of rug.

ln printing some types of rugs, each earn may have the Catch twice ineach revolution and in this 'case the gear wheel will have to beproportioncd accordingly; i

lt will he Seen by the above description that instead of having a singleshaftl upon two highf spots so'as to operate 125` which the cams can beadjusted for rugs of every size, or rugs differing in the number ofcolors, I provide a shaft for each change and each slaft has its owncams previously located thereon so that all that is .necessary is toopen the bearings, remove thc cam shaft that, is in the machine, and tosubstitute another camishaft which will correspond to the type of ru tobe printed, This not only saves consi erabletinie in changing themachine, but also prevents mistakes diie 'to careless adjustment of thelcams on the' cani shafts by wbrkmenwho are not skilledin the art, asitwill be understood that in machines of this"type, particularly thevery large machines, such n sthe one under consideration, anymistake` intiming would be fatal to the proper printing of the fabric.

By making the be'arings'39 adjust-able to- 2g ward and from the lever35, I am enabled to more readily place the camshaft in position than ifthe bearings were llocated in a fixed position, as theprssure 0f. .thesprings 42 on the rods would prevent the ready loca- 25 tion of theAcani shaft in position. By adjustablv mounting the bearings they can bemoved awayfrom the rollers 43 on the levers so that the-entire camshaftcan be taken out and another Al-ea'vdily- 'placedj in position. 39 Thenby again'adjusting thd bearings, the j cam shaft. will bein 1 properposition with v respect v-to thelevers-' In thc presentinstanceftheshaft. Q0 exi,

tendssubstantially theLfull length of the ma- 'chineand has a vseries ofworms 59 which mesh with worm wheels' 60 on the transverse 'camshafts21, Fig.I 3. 'Jihese worm wheels are located inscasings 61 secured tothe bearings v62`of said shafts.y The worms are mittently driving theelements and is known v as the Geneva stop.

' mounted inbearings 63 secured to the center frame 5, as Vshown in'Fig.3, and the worm shaft is driven from an electric motor 6 4,

in the present' instancc, }mountedv on the frame 6, 'and throughintermediate shafts 65 and v66 `aud the gearingY shown byfdotted lines,Fig. 2. Other means for driving the worm shaft may be resorted towit-hout dcparting fromy the essentiall features of the invention. L 5.Each carrier 16 is balanced by counter weights G7 which are attached tochains 68 passing over sprocket. wheels 69 and are attached lo the innerside of each vertical member 17 of the block carriers. The transb5 versemembers 1S,ot' the block carriers are secured tothe vertical members 17b v bolts k70, a's shown in Fig'. 2, so that. when the chains li of thecrane arc attached to the transveisc member 1S of thc block carrier, E0the bolts 70 can be removed and the entire horizontal section. with theblocks thereon,

can be removedv from the machine.

It Awill be noticed, on' referring t0 the drawings, that the blocks 19are secured to' transverse members 19, and clamp plates' tothe printingblocks is operated as fo lows:

'74, 74 are endless metallic bands, one at each side of the machine.'Each band' passes 30 around sprocket wheels 76 on transverse shaftsf77/and has pins-75 located at intervals to engage the material tohold'it iii, l

-proper position while it is moving throuvh The bands are preferabclythe' mechine made of thin flexible steel-and the upper run of each bandtravels' on tracks 7 8, which also extend the full .length of themachine. The lower run is supported at intervals by giiides 92 him fromthe upper beams 2 of the side frames y rods 93.

The shaft 7 7 at the rear end of the machine has a gear wheel `'79thereon which meshes 4with a gear whel8 0 on a shaft 81 to which issecured astar wheel 82`,1V]."ig.11 .5.` This 95 `star wheel isdrivenfroin thejshaft 58 by a wiper 83the'reonv having rojecting pins-83r which enter the radial s ots in the star i wheel, the body of thewiper conforming to the shape of. the star wheel between the slots 10oso as to lock itin positionduring, the interval of time between itsmovement by the pins. This is the common y method of inter- 105 Theshaft5`8'A is driven. from the shaft-84 through gearing shown by dottedlines in Fi g..'1b and this transverse shaft, 84 is driven yfrom thelongitudinal shaft 20 through the worin 59Il and a companion worin wheelon 110 said shaft Si. On the shaft? 84, in the present instance, is abelt wheel 85 around which ypasses a belt, shown by dotted lines inFig'. l", to a wheel 8G on a shaft 87 adapted to bearings on a bracket8S. On this shaft are 115 upper slitters 89 which act in conjunctionwith= the lower slitters 90 on a shaft 91 mounted on the frame of themachine so that as the material is fed through the machine and after ithas been printed` in the present instance. the edges are trimmed by theslitters. This mechanism-may be omitted where the material is trimmed ona vseparatemachine.

lfliemechanism for supplying the pi ent "94,9`are carriages mounted onrollers 95 ada ted tobi-ackcts 9G on the upper beams 2 of t 1e side l.In tlic'present instance, there 1s a. longitudinal rack 97 and on the l,quantit l jected to ajarrng action.

'carrier sdtliat .v toftheL printing sur aces.

I to 'the ope axles of the wheels 95 are pinions 98 which mesh with theracks, as clearly shown 1n Figs. 6 and 7. Carried by-a segment 09 is anintermediate pinion 100 which meshes with a ear wheel 101v on theshaft102 of the color toil 103 which is located in the reservoir 104 and ateach side of this roll are doctors Y105 which can, be'adjueted to removeal certain ofcplor from the roll sofas to insure the delivery of theVpro er amount of color to thefprinting blocks; here* isvone of theseinking carriages for each printlng block ina machinehavingtwentyfoueprintm y twenty-four inking reservoirs and, they move from oneside tothe other of the' printing blocks, and, as-they travel undertheblocks, they` su ply qigment to" theiproletmg surfaces o the b cks. Itis essential, particularly in machine o,f;large;size, tha t. the reciprdcating; movement shall be as even as possible, otherwise therewill-he a. tendency to splash greater` amount of pigmenton that portionof the block whichl is'in :contact with the roller' when the inking-mechanism sub- HB 1 the mechanism-*which `I Livin non pfocee "have,'royidedr mean?,` whereI y thai-movement of t serseveral irikfA ingticarxiagesi iii-- withciutl jar. so as to msureyanfeven ap hcationrofthe pigment Themseveral carriages are'connected by links 10,6"and eachend carriage`v is "connected by .long` links 107 a rating arms'108pivoted at 109 to theside frames at each side lof the machine,

. as clearlyillustratedin, Figs.v 1l and 1f and 'in Figc., The

a rms 10S is duplicated at each endI ofthe machine andthe"abovedescribed mechanism is clearly 'shown ings'aifd figures. "110 ie nlsluift which extends from onesde of 'fthe machine to the other and isadapted` tov suitablehearings'. On this'shaft, at. each side ofthemachine, is a` rocker 111 and each rocker isr'connejcte'd b. a link 112to an arm and'on'eachfsile of the shaft l110 any runningparallelltherewith are shafts 114 and lll'euch havin r a `(liek 116 andeach provided with a pm 1,17, the pin'of one disk ybeing adapted toenter the slot 113 and the 'piu-ot the other disk" being" 'arranged 4tecuter the slot 113 as the shafts' revolve. 'llhe pins are so 'set thatone will follow the other, thus givin a rocking motion to the rockerY)11 and imparting a recprocatin motion tp theinking carriage. The shatL 114 at the forward yend of the machine is driven from a shaft 118through gear wheels 119 and 120'and the shaft118 isl driven through aworm59" and w'orin wheel (50h from the longitudinal shaft |20. While theshaftv114 at the rear end of the machirie is` block .carriers there .arealsoand also antendency todeposita' .mechanisml for operating lthedriven from the last4 cam shaft 21, Fig. 1","5

shaft moves in propcltime and will actu-.ite i; 4 the rocker 111 at oneend of the machine?L in proper time with, the rocker 111;' at, the@`opgoeiteend of the machine. f l 'lf n Aeachshaft 110'is a 4detentwhicthe rocker shaft at the. limit of `its, incitement.

in either direction. This detentponsist's o ardisk 125, which isjcutaway., ateachsid as at 126:,4 forming' shoulders,127,.agains which `are,bolted i cured to Vthe shou ders by bolts,f.as 'clear-lx.;

y form a ,V- oove andon a lever129, ivote ter the groove shown inFig.13. Each'pla'te islbeveled 4to 1 formed by the'plates- 128 andf,

to hold the shaft 11,0 in` position., This blade i Q 131 is held bya-trfuisversey boltaridfcambe.,

adjusted by a screw .132. @On theE o positie end; of the lever ,129 isa. friction rol er..

4 whichjs--acted'upon by `avca`m;1 .34,l 'i shaft `1145s,() that"when]lthe ,highi off thefgfani inontctjwitlntheef it holdsthe blaleil'lmin theVgllL, 'whenlthis'hi hg, ortioffisfp i 125i @die s La t.

the r. kier 1.11 Can ,mvetdlthf .fpl'iesite non, where it agany held bythe b de :which enters the groove atl the op of` thefdisk The detent`Vholde when the pins yare out of the lSlots movedinto and' out of inkin'g', position 'without jar, since all of the linksare 'undeften Slonconsequently,"unven distributzionlf'f..

,mi thoigment upon thersurf ace of theprintingI adapted to a slot' inthe'pivoted bcarin"' 136 end of "the machine. This mandrel# is andsecured therein by plus 137. lThis earing is then swung `on pivot untilthe mandrol 135V drops into the opposite bearin 138 0n a bracket formingpart of the mac ine.

The fabric passes 4over a roller 139 and Ais having' 'twentyfourreciprocating printing iarticular block will be held outof action ,iblockcarriers and there are twenty-four y the selecting cams until thesesections of cams and twenty-four rods shown. There is the Vn'uiterialhave passedfthe block, but'whcn i a latch for each carrierand only onecarrier the fourth section is under the-block, the is controlled bya camand its rod. This block will be released and the impression arrangementis possible, owin to the locawill be made and this impression will matchtion of the rods between the side frames of exactly with the impressionof another block the'm'aehine and by this arrangement the which hasrintedfanoth'er color on the same shape of said cam is simplified.section. he same process is carried 'out I have not described the powermeeha-y when the design for the' opposite end of the nism for shiftingthe entire machine later;-k Arug is printed, but when the design forthe' ally so as to bring it in line with any one center of the rug isprinted, then tw'o ini- 90 of a. series of drying compartments, as thispressions may be made, one following,r the may accomplished in manydifferent' other, las these impressions are similarin wiys.' 1 "designand make up the body'ofthe rug.

I t will be seen that by the use' of a ma- Y If the rug is of greaterlength than six feet, chine constructed as described I`am enabled thenthe number of body impressions is in- 35 -to 'rint rug designsfhavinborders. at the creasedwithout increasing the number of endsandat thesides, or oilie'r designs can end impressions When the rug is finishedbeprinted in which the design is' not rethe several sections are somatched that the peatediat everylblock width.,Consequent1y-,jointsarernot discerni le. amachine of t "s'typecanf'print more elabf' v While I'have` descricd my invention as 90`rate` designs thamthose in which-the blocks f' particular] adapted forprinting bordered not' controlled. Furthermore, the ma^irugs, it wi be'understood that the,inven chieis Vso'eionstrncted th'fflt several`sections 'tiorr z :iinbeusedY forprinting-rnnning de-y making up theentire: dsign zwill e xaetly signs where the fdesignfof one sectiondiffers i matchg yf ronrthatof-aln adjoin'in section;A l'n fact, 95

A In printing material withru designs for a machine builtin' accor( ancewith my iiiinstanc'eyl' sup ly the reservoirs'with the* vention will beable toprinta design which pigments desir 5 thnll a rug six'feet longwill not be duplicated except at long inter-V is to` be rinted, suchasfllustrated in Fig. vals,4 thusvmaterially increasing the value vof16txwill tn ke three sets of blocks'f'or` each' the product. l y 100`color,if there is' the same n uniberof 'colors Further, by 4my'invention I am'enabled to iny the border as in the body of the: rug.v.print certain colors ongiven portions of the The com' sha-ft, havingthe n'umber'of cams material, In fact/fthe mechanism is so conprorlyloeatedfor asix foot riigjia'placed trolled that the'most elaboratedesigns can 1n tligmachine and the sleeve 2 9'on theI rods be rinfcd 'on.thel material at a 'compara- 105 c 30 can'aetuate any particular arm28. 'I f it tive low cost. n 'I be desired toc-ut out someof the blockcar; ile m 'y invention is particularlyadaptriers ,"then thecarriers arelocked-in .the ed for pritin Hoorcoverings known as raised position bythe hand locks 140.@ The oileloth and ike material, it can be 'used lmaterial "is then placedon the mandrel'l for-printing certain classes ofcarpet fab- 11 and the mandrel isFlocated .in its hcarin ries, curtains,and certain grades of paper 138 the materialbeing. preferablyconuectefor wall coverings' without departing fro'mA to the end of the'material previously printed the s irit-of the invention. in the machine,or to the waste material that I .c aim: 4 is used to t out-themaeliine'bcfoli-eprint- 1. The combination in a block printing 115, ingthe tina `design. The machine is 4then machine of the horizontal type,of side set in motion and the material is fedy interframes; a platenlocated between the side mittently through the machine, the interframes;means for conveying material inter= mittent lmovement being equal to thewidth mittently over the platen; a series of longiof the printingbloc-ks, and, as it passes untudinal rods placed side by side andlocated 12 der certain of the blocks, they are automati. under thelaten; means for guiding said cally, released and are allowed to make anrods; a series of transverse shafts having impression after beingproperly supplied arms, said arms being out of line; means-on `With thepigment. The inking reservoirs each rod for engaging an arm; a plungerat B v1,::ni1,14i4

prevent an overisuppl of pi deposited on certain b ocks.

f, for instaliceza. block prints a ri vht hand bordered design on theniatcriahtui:-w

engaged by the ins 75 on the bands 74, which convey it intermittentlythrough the mach-ine.

I have describedthe present machine as gmcnt being U5 one end of leacharmforming a shoulder; a series of two-armed levers, one arm of eachlever being arranged to bear upon the shouler by their latches so as toder of a rod; a cam shaft; a vseries of Canis are reciprocated under theseveral blocks, but only those that are printing are provided with piicnt, the others being'held clear of the di l block carriers; a seriesof longitudinal rods arranged side by side under theplaten; a transverseshaft'at one end of the machine;

a series of tvvolarmedl'everS mounted on the said shaft, one-arm of eachlever engaging a rod; a detachableftransverse cam shaft,'

also atfone end of the machine, land having a` series of cams thereonarran ed to come n in contact with the other arm o eachlever;

and means for turning the cam shaft to impart a longitudinal movement tothe rods. y

3. Thel combination intra block printing machine of thefhorizontal type,of` a frame;

means for movingfmaterial-- toQbejprinted overthe frame; a'series ofblock carriers;

pintingb blocks; thereon means for actuating the one end of them'achine;bearings for the cainfshaft; meansfori detachably y 1 the caps-ofthebearin s in position so that securing the `cam 'shaft can be odily,removed from the bearings; afseries of cams on said shaft; means forholding certain of. the blocks out of action saidimeans4 beingcontrolled -by cams; and

means for driving the cam shaft.

4.1,1he combination@-inA a block printing machine of the'horizontaltype, of a frame; means for intermittently moving the mate-- rial to? beprinted through the machine; a

series'of intermittently operated block carriers; printlnblocks-thereon; a transverse shaft at each lock'carrier; latches oneachshaft engagingth'e carrier to hold it outof action ;v a.` series oflongitudinal rods for actuatin the transierse latch shafts; a

vseries o levers engaging the said rods; a

cam shaft havin cams thereon for actuat- A machine; a:

ing the levers; sliding bearings for the cam' shaft; a support for thebearings; and means for moving `the said bearings to and from thelevers.

5. The combination in a block printing machine of the horizontal type,of a fraine; means for intermittently. moving thematerial to be printedthrough the machines; a series of block carriers; printin blocksthereon; latch mechanism for hol in cer-- tain of the rblocks outl ofaction; a series of rods for actuating the latches; a seriesof leversfor independently moving the rods longitudinally; alcam. shaft having aseries `movingthexn in'both directie lock` carriers; 'a transversesha-ft at 1 posite direction.

of cams thereon for actuating the Vlevers; 05

adjustable bearings` for the cam shafts; means for moving the bearingsin unison; a gear wheel on the cam shaft; a segment; an lntermediategear wheel thereon; a driving shaft; a pinion on the said driving shaftmeshingv withV 'the intermediate wheel; and

.means for 4adjjustabl'yholding the segment in position. l A

6. The combination in a block' printing machine of the horizontal type,of a series of block carriers; means for vertically reciprocati the.carriers; means for. intermit tently ceding the material throughthe ina-`chine; a series of connected pigment distributers; and operatin meansconnected at each end ofthe lseries or reciprocatin -the pigment'distributersfunder the prin g blocks.

7. The combination in a block printin machine of the horizontal type, of aseries o block carriers; means for vertically reciprocating thevcarriers m'eans for `intermittently feeding the material through themachine;

a series of connected pigment-distributers, a

lever at each' end of the machine; and means,

at each: end of the machine, for movingeach lever`so that the` pigmentdistributms, will undr'thecontrol of'them ha'nisni for 8. `Thecombination in a bl k afiae'ries A l Ak n machine; of the horizontalytyp, of.'

of block carriers means for verticallyrecip;

rocatin the carriers; means' for intermitf1 tently ceding the materialthrough thema` chine; a `series yof .connected .pigment 'distributers; alever Vconnected at eachend of 'the'series; a slotted rockerconnectedkto the and having arms provided with pins; ar

means for drivingthe said shaftsq; v i `9. The combination in a block 1printing ranged to enter the slotsin the rocker; and io l .L n ,J

i lever twor operating lshafts together machine, of a seris ofvertica'lly recipl'ocating blockcarriers; printing .blocks thereon;

means for actuatingvsa'id carriers' means for intermittentlymoving'material through' the lpigmentA distributerfor leach linksconnecting the' several printing' bloc distributers so that they willtravel in 'unif son; a4 slotted rocker at each endv of the ma'-y chineconnected to theenchainedf'distribu-V ters; two driven shafts at eachend'r'of the machine, one at each side of the` rocker, and.. having pinsAarranged to engage the rocker,K

said pins being so set that when one pin i's in engagement,` the other.pin-is out `of engagement, whereby the rocker is reciprocated firstinfone direction andthen invtheop- 10. The combination .in `a block'printing machine of the horizontal .pe-,, of a frame; a series ofintermittently reciprocating printing block carriers.- meansforectuating said carriers; means fiorintermittently 'moving materialthrough the machine; a series of pig-nient distrihuters arranged toreciprocate under the block carriers when they are iu the raisedposition and to supply pigment thereto; links connecting the severalpigment distributers; a pivoted'lever at each end and at each side o fthe machine; a link connectingeach lever with the series of pigmentdistribute'rs; a.transverse shaft at each end of the machine; a slottedrocker on each end ot' the Shaft; a link connecting the rockers with'one yof the levers; two transverse shafts; one on each side of therocker, each 3 shaft having auarni at each-end andLa pin on the armarranged to enter the slots in the.

roekei'- so that as the said shafts rotate'th rockerv will be rockedanda reciprocating motion willjhe given to the pigment distrihuters. y

11. ;The combination in a block printing machineof the horizontal type,-of a frame;

' a series ofintermittently reciprocating printing block carriers.;means for actuating said carriers; means for intermittently movinmaterial through the machine; a series o pigment distributers arrangedto reciprocate under the block carriers when they are in theraisedposition and to supply pigment thereto: links connecting theseveral pigment distributers; a pivoted lever at each' end and ateach'side of the machine; a link connecting each lever with the seriesof pigmentdis tributers; a transverse shaft atreach end of the machine;a slotted rocker on'feach end of theshaft a link connecting each rockerwith one of the levers; two transverse shafts, one on each side of therocker, each'shaft having an arm at each end and a pin on the armarranged to enter the slots in the rocker so that as the said shafts'otate the rockeiwill be rocked and a reciprocating motion will be givento .the pigment distributers; a train of gearing connecting the twoshafts .which actuate the rocker; and means for driving one of saidshafts, the arts being so connected @hat the two sha ts will bedriven inunison.

12. The combination ini a block printing machine; of a series ofvertically reciprocating block carriers; .means for actuating saidcarriers; means for intermittently moving ,material through the machine;a pigment distributor for each printing block mounted on the carriers;links connect-ing the several distributers so that they will travel inunison; a Slotted rocker at each end of the machine connected to theenchained-pigment distributor; two driven shafts at each end of themachine, one at each side of the rocker and having pins arranged toengage the rocker, said pins being so set that when `one pin is inengagement the other` pii'ris out ot" engagement, whereby the rocker isrecip- :Jocated first in one direction and then in the oppositedirection.

13. The combination in ablock printing machine of the horizontaltype, ofa series of carriers; prntingblocks thereon; means for verticallyreciprocating the carriers; means for feeding the materialintermittently through the machine; a pigment 'distributer' for eachprinting block, said dis` tributers bein connected together; means ateach end of ghe pigment distributers and working in unison;

anda detent for retaining the said mecha'- nism while thedistributersare at rest.

14. The combination in a block nachine of .the horizontalrtype, o means/for intermittently moving the material to rinting4 machine A'connected,to the be printed through the machine; a series of t Aprinting blockcarriers spaced agiven distance apart; blocks 'thereon arranged tomakel` an impresion on the surfaceof the material as it passes throughthe machine; a 'series of pigment distributers connected together andarranged to reciprocate under -the printing blocks; a lever connected tothe pigment distributers; a slotted rocker conf nected to the lever; two-shafts havin arms with.v pins thereon arranged to enters otsin ,Y 1.the rocker; meansrfor drivin the shafts in unison; a cam on one of saishafts; a` de:

tent lever 'actuatedby'the"cam; and avdisk 1 on the rocker shaftarrangedto He engaged treme sitlons.

i byfthe .lever when' inl either of its two exi 15. he combnatioliiinablockv printing machine, of a reciprocating pigment distributer; arocker connected to the pigment distributer; two shaft'shavin Apinsarranged to engage the rocker ;.adis secured to the rocker sha-ft; twosetsl of plates thereon spaced agiven distanee'a art; the plates of4each set being beveledto: orm a V- oove; a

pivoted-,lever havinga V-shaped lade at leo one end arrangedto enterelther of the grooves 'and means {foradjusting the blade;

anda cam on .onefof said' driving shafts arranged to actuate the leverso that the lever -will enter the V-grooveV when the rocker -is at -thetwo extremes of-its movement,

16. The combination in a block printing machine of the horizontal type,of two longitudinal side frames; and a central long'itudinal fram'e;cross beams connecting the central frame with the side frames;guidesinthe side 4frames; a series of block carriers adapted to theguides; printing blockson the carriers; a series of transverse shafts lhaving cams thereon for raising the block carriers; a longitudinal railat each side of the machine; pigmentdistributers arranged totravel onthe rails;"means for intermittently reciprocating said carriers; two`end vless hands having pins thereon arranged to convey material to heprinted intermittently through the machine; wheels at each end of themachine around which the bands pass; rails for supporting the upper runof

